Thankfully, despite the push toward abundance, the creative forces remain intact: creator Charlie Brooker is writing all 12, and both he and Annabel Jones will be the showrunners for the upcoming season. In a statement, Brooker called Netflix the “most fitting platform imaginable.” He said, “Netflix connects us with a global audience so that we can create bigger, stranger, more international and diverse stories than before, whilst maintaining that Black Mirror feel.” He ominously added, “I just hope none of these new story ideas come true,” suggesting, of course, that there’s no change or dilution to his vision’s wonderful twistedness.

Netflix’s VP of original programming said, “Charlie has created a one-of-a-kind series with an uncanny voice and prescient, darkly comedic vision,” though no release date was provided for said vision.